MEANING
Relating to regions where limited water strongly shapes farming or ecology.
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Words that belong together
- dryland farming
- dryland ecosystem
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Dryland farming shaped the settlements.
Word forms
- Base
- dryland
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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